Research Article

Association between Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 and Uric Acid in Chinese Children and Adolescents with Idiopathic Short Stature: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

The independent correlation between IGF-1 SDS and UA by multivariate piecewise linear regression.

Inflection point of uric acid (μmol/L)(95% CI)  value

<168−0.055(−0.081, −0.028)<0.001
168~3010.010(0.004, 0.017)0.002
301−0.005(−0.013, 0.002)0.174

Adjustment variables: body weight, pubertal stage, TG, LDL-C, Cr, and FPG; TG: triglyceride; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Cr: creatinine; FPG: fasting plasma glucose; is considered to be statistically significant.